"An exhilarating spectacle of greatness discovering its powers." - New Republic
"Funny and wise enough to charm the gravity from a rainbow...All five of the pieces have unusual narrative vigor and inventiveness." - New York Times
Compiling five short stories originally written between 1959 and 1964, Slow Learner showcases Thomas Pynchon’s writing before the publication of his first novel V. The stories compiled here are “The Small Rain,” “Low-lands,” “Entropy,” “Under the Rose,” and “The Secret Integration,” along with an introduction by Pynchon himself that Time magazine calls his "first public gesture toward autobiography."
“An exhilarating spectacle of greatness discovering its power.” —The New Republic
"All five of the pieces ... have unusual narrative vigor and inventiveness... each contains its moments of Pynchonesque comedy." -- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times Book Review
Thomas Pynchon is the author of V.; The Crying of Lot 49; Gravity’s Rainbow; Slow Learner, a collection of short stories; Vineland; Mason & Dixon; Against the Day; and, most recently, InherentVice. He received the National Book Award for Gravity’s Rainbow in 1974.
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"An exhilarating spectacle of greatness discovering its powers." - New Republic
"Funny and wise enough to charm the gravity from a rainbow...All five of the pieces have unusual narrative vigor and inventiveness." - New York Times
Compiling five short stories originally written between 1959 and 1964, Slow Learner showcases Thomas Pynchon’s writing before the publication of his first novel V. The stories compiled here are “The Small Rain,” “Low-lands,” “Entropy,” “Under the Rose,” and “The Secret Integration,” along with an introduction by Pynchon himself that Time magazine calls his "first public gesture toward autobiography."
Reviews
“An exhilarating spectacle of greatness discovering its power.” —The New Republic
"All five of the pieces ... have unusual narrative vigor and inventiveness... each contains its moments of Pynchonesque comedy." -- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times Book Review
Author
Thomas Pynchon is the author of V.; The Crying of Lot 49; Gravity’s Rainbow; Slow Learner, a collection of short stories; Vineland; Mason & Dixon; Against the Day; and, most recently, InherentVice. He received the National Book Award for Gravity’s Rainbow in 1974.
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